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HIRAM BECKWITH, orv GRASS LKEQMIGHLGAN..

Letters .Patent No. 60,122, dated December 4', 18Std.

v SPECIFICATION-1' 'ro ALL WHoM rr MAY coNcEnN: c p

Beit known that I, Hmm: BEcKwrrn, of Grass Lake, in the county of'.Jackson, and State/of Michigan,

have invented a new and useful improvement in Scniibld Brackets; and Ido hereby declarethatgthe following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

The object of my invention is to prevent the occurrence of `theaccidents whichwso often-` happen'tofthose engaged in erectingbuildingsin consequence of the insecure lscaii'olds upon which ,theystand; and, this I propose to do byfurnishing portable fixtures of ironor sonic other strong niaterial which rnay be readily affix-ed` to the'side of the building, and upon which the scafolding can be laid. And toenable others skilled `in the art to lmake and use my invention@ willproceed to Vdescribe its construction, referencel being had totheaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon. i

A represents the side of a building; B is the tie rod;l C is the rail,andD is the brace. Thera-il, C, and the brace,D, are connected tdgetherby a' joint as seen at a, in the drawing; this joint is permanent,allowing the-two pieces to be folded together when not in use. Otherforms of 0in-t than the one represented might answer the same purpose.Therel is a screw-thread cut on the end of the rail Vatb. Thetie,`l3,has a h'oleror eye through its upper end ate; at its lower end there isa hook, d, which hook has a socket or recess formed init for thereception of the end of the brace, and'n'hich is represented as beingbclow'thc dotted line, e; This tie also has a point or gait formed onits back, as seen at j'. The vlower end of the brace, D,`is formed toenter the socket in the tie, f

where it is 'secure from being displaced except by raising the endof therail at ct. This connection xnaybe made by a screw-bolt going throughboth thefbrace and-the tie. To attach the bracket to a building, the tieis slipped on to the rail, asseen in the drawing7 but the connection atthe bottom isnot then made. The rail is screwed into'the timber, post,or stud of the building, so that it shall be perfectly secure, the railbeing in a hori-t] The back "side of the, tie, ,.restingA against thebuilding and thepoint, j', enters the timber for the purpose ofpreventing the` tie from moving` laterally, or` tb keepit steady. Whenthe rail is rnlly'lsecured'to the-building, and the tie placed inposition, as described, the lower end of the brace is placed in thesocket, and the bracket is'ready to receive the scaiolding. Theadvantages gained by the use of this bracket are numerous, it's `perfectreliability being perhapsv the most important, but it also saves lumberand requires no nails, l portable', and a well-made set would be almostindestructible.

' Having thus described my `nvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure' by Letters Patent, is`

The tie B, the rail C, and 'the brace D, when constructedand combinedsubstantially as herein shown and described for the purposes set forth.

zontal position, as represented in the drawing.

HIRAM BEGKWITH.

Witnesses:

L. B. DANFORTH, CHARLES B. Roenes.

whilethe time saved in erecting a' scaiiold is ai very important item. iIt is also

